Division of Holt

Holt Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Holt (green) in Victoria
Created	1969
MP	Anthony Byrne
Party	Labor
Namesake	Harold Holt
Electors	102,589 (2013)
Area	131 km2 (50.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Holt is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Harold Holt, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1966–67. It is located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Cranbourne, Doveton, Hampton Park, Endeavour Hills, Narre Warren, and Hallam. Although it has usually been held by the Australian Labor Party, after the 2004 election it was highly marginal, but it returned to its safe status after the 2007 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Len Reid	Liberal	1969–1972
	Max Oldmeadow	Labor	1972–1975
	William Yates	Liberal	1975–1980
	Michael Duffy	Labor	1980–1996
	Gareth Evans	Labor	1996–1999
	Anthony Byrne	Labor	1999–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Holt

Australian federal election, 2013: Holt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anthony Byrne	43,096	48.19	−6.92
	Liberal	Ricardo Balancy	29,181	32.63	+2.72
	Palmer United	Bobby Singh	4,931	5.51	+5.51
	Greens	Jackie McCullough	3,469	3.88	−5.32
	Sex Party	Lachlan Smith	2,514	2.81	+2.81
	Family First	Pam Keenan	2,232	2.50	−2.46
	Democratic Labour	Michael Palma	1,835	2.05	+2.05
	Christians	Vivian Hill	1,232	1.38	+1.38
	Rise Up Australia	Jonathan Eli	933	1.04	+1.04
Total formal votes			89,423	93.92	−0.24
Informal votes			5,789	6.08	+0.24
Turnout			95,212	92.81	+0.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anthony Byrne	52,836	59.09	−4.88
	Liberal	Ricardo Balancy	36,587	40.91	+4.88
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.88

External links

• Division of Holt – Australian Electoral Commission